Problem in pen drive

[abhijangda]

I have Kingston DataTraveler 2GB pen drive. When I insert it in USB Port. Then it installs driver for pen drive. After installing driver, when I open My Computer, then it shows pen drive as Removable Disk (with drive letter). When I try to open it, it shows "Please insert the disk". I tried running this pen drive in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and in Fedora 12. Other pen drives run properly. Please tell me frnds how to correct this error. This pen drive contains lots of important data. Please don't tell me to format it.

[CA50]

pen drive might be faulty, if it is still under warranty then go for it.

[rhitwick]

I think its faulty. Can u try formatting it again? Report back...

[abhijangda]

Originally Posted by rhitwick

I think its faulty. Can u try formatting it again? Report back...

Thats what i dont want to frnd. It contains my father's very important data. Isn't there any way without formatting it.

[rhitwick]

Then try accessing it and recovering it with "Recuva" or "Recover My Files"

[abhijangda]

sorry rhitwick, i tried recover my files but it didn't work. It was also not able to detect disk.
Any other method frnds.

[jayantr7]

hey....try to open it with windows explorer,copy all files to pc and format ur pendrive..it can help try it...i know it sounds funny...but i also got 10%this type of prob it was fixed with this

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did anything helped written here?

[Sam]

format pen drive & than try recover files using recuva.

[TheHumanBot]

pen drive not detecting the only solution i can see is
go to manufactures site find a format utility & it will sove your problem 100%.
i did it many times. and then try recovering your files as above replied.

if you dont try this anyway your pen drive will be unaccesible.

[khmadhu]

first try with quick format(high level)... and try recovering files.(this increases the chance of recovering files )

if this does'nt work then try with complete format (low level)